But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 1 Peter 3: 14-16

When I read a novel or watch a movie, I like the protagonist to be good—morally upright, virtuous, a role model. And I like the villain to be bad—flesh-crawlingly ugly, repulsive, and unlikable. Think of the difference between heroes and villains in Peter...

There’s a very striking story about a man who never learned to read but who had a well-worn Bible. Someone asked him why the pages were so worn and his answer was that since he couldn’t read it, over the years he thought he might as well count the words. It’s a fantastic...

Each year at thanksgiving I feel a certain mental tension. If I go through the exercise of listing the things for which I’m thankful, I feel like somehow it should be filled with more “spiritual” things. But truthfully a good number of the things that come to my mind first are in...

Harvey Weinstein. Roy Moore. Louis C. K. And now Bush 41. These men—all successful in their careers—will always be associated with the allegations of sexual misconduct. For some, these accusations will eclipse any other successes they had enjoyed.

Four years ago today my family arrived at our new home in the Philippines. Everything seemed strange, opaque; a new, inscrutable reality in which everything took endlessly longer to navigate. And yet by sheer fiat of our decision to become missionaries, this place that we by no means understood,...

We’ve written before about binge reading the Bible—the idea of getting through the entire book in a short enough time that you can still remember the beginning when you get to the end. There are all kinds of ways to do it and it’s not as extreme as you think it is. For instance, a...

I was recently invited to speak for a weekend conference for men, discussing our roles in the family and the church. Topics like this kill me. The preparation quickly turned into an exercise in personal conviction and repentance. How to speak on being a good husband and father when at every...

I try not to make a habit of this, but I’m going to start out by telling you a lie. It’s a lie that you already know and might already believe. It fills advice columns, podcasts, self-help books and Disney movies. Like the most insidious of lies, it even beckons us to make it the...

Racism and the national response to it is back in the news. In one sense, it’s hard to say it’s back in the news because it never left. Racism is a cultural cancer that seems to defy eradication. Don’t expect it to disappear in any of our lifetimes. That’s because it runs...

Spurgeon’s classic Lectures to My Studentscontains a chapter for “workers with a slender apparatus”—aspiring pastors who cannot afford to buy many books. Although we 21st century Americans don’t struggle with lacking sufficient resources, we do struggle with...

An interesting law suit has developed of late between the electric car maker Tesla and a Korean man who bought one. That’s because Tesla offers a self-driving mode where the car is supposed to recognize walls and park itself. The plaintiff was inside his car when it drove through the...

We’re about to start a new year. If you read the Bible through each year, you’re about to start over with Genesis. Then comes Exodus. Then Leviticus. You know, you don’t have to cringe when you read the word “Leviticus.” God doesn’t want you to cringe. He...

I had just finished putting my boys down for bed, and now I had a moment alone with my 7-year-old daughter. I asked her if she was doing OK, not because I knew for certain that there was something wrong, but because she seemed unusually quiet.

It’s a historic day! Today the 44th president of the United States steps down to be replaced by the 45th. I’m always amazed to watch the commander-in-chief of the worlds largest military peacefully hand everything to someone else. When huge numbers of pseudo-democratic nations...

If you read our last post, I talked about recently having the privilege of giving a solid week to nothing but Bible reading. Going from cover to cover in seven days was one of the most memorable, powerful and formative experiences I remember. A friend asked what it was like. So here are...

I like crazy challenges—the kind that are appealing to you specifically because they’re undoable. Like when I thought running 5 miles was epically long and then the girl I was dating (now my wife) ran a full marathon (26.2). In some weird way, the very fact that I...

Because we believe quality Bible resources are some of the best gifts you can give this Christmas, we want to give a little help, reveiwing some of the great software that’s out there. (Here’s the introduction post.) Keep your ears tuned for Accordance and Logos coming up next week, but...

Everybody loves a good story, and Scripture has some of the best. Try to read through the story of Esther without laughing at the ironies. Try to read through the account of the man born blind (John 9) without crying. Or even better, trying reading out loud through a story with dialogue like...

Grace is the most powerful word in God’s almighty arsenal. With it He comforts, saves, redeems, and propitiates His righteous wrath. We sing hymns of God’s marvelous, soul-saving, sin-conquering grace. God’s unmerited favor, poured out in the person and work of Jesus Christ,...

I’m currently sitting in line at a Manila court house to get my daughters birth certificate. What I need, apparently, is the certified true copy. This, of course, is different from the NSO authenticated copy which I can apparently get by going to the NSO office in three days along with an LBC...

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